Peugeot 208 GTi sighted at JPJ – will it be CKD?

Our regular ‘JPJ correspondent’ Anol Alias has sent in pictures of the Peugeot 208 GTi at the JPJ car park, which pretty much sets its Malaysian arrival in stone. What’s interesting is this car had a piece of paper on the passenger seat, reading “Pre-Pilot Production” and “Unit for VTA” (Vehicle Type Approval).

This implies that the three-door hot hatch will be assembled locally, which goes some way towards explaining the competitive RM128,888 indicative price stated by the oto.my ad we showed you three weeks ago. The ad also suggested a launch in October or November this year.

This is a quick car – the century sprint is accomplished in under seven seconds, and top speed is an impressive 230 km/h. Its 1.6 litre THP 200 engine feeds 200 hp and 275 Nm of torque to the front wheels via a six-speed do-it-yourself gearbox. Hot hatch fans, your prayers have been answered.

We’ve put the pocket rocket Pug through its paces in the south of France – read our comprehensive test drive report here. Or you can feast your eyes on a huge official gallery here.

While most dream of the future, Jonathan Tan dreams of the past, although he's never been there. Fantasises much too often about cruising down Treacher Road (Jalan Sultan Ismail) in a Triumph Stag that actually works, and hopes this stint here will snap him back to present reality.

so what?
peugeot has its own handling and no need to put badge “Peugeot Handling” on the car.
if anything special also need to put a badge on it,come on lah, this car will be full of badges!

Proton got no confidence, thats why put ‘Lotus handling’, instead of ‘proton handling’.
and why bother to put all this nonsense in the first place.
really sound inferior to put another brand name on the car, where you know that car is not from that brand.

then give us no.7: engine of the year, or car of the year, or at least one car being praised in top gear UK. i know jeremy clarkson sucks, some of u may say. but if proton can make a car he likes, then all malaysians with brains will be proud.

who cares, JC is only a clown. no proud with his praise, no regret with his stupid bash. even COTY is not practical enough for malaysians. it’s like buying car that is much more expensive than house. it’s nearly stupid spending.

woooooooooowww….never knew proton achieved so much. Proud of our local car maker! After 20 odd years stll the best selling brand in MALAYSIA. At least Proton selling better than Hyundai or Kia here! Take that Koreans! We’ve achieved more than the Koreans in the same amount of time. But…wait a minute…why so many Kias and Hyundais in every single country outside Malaysia?? Dimwit…shut the fuck up!

Lotus handling booosss!!! I manage to peel off the lotus handling sticker on the suprimau butt just for the fun of it hahaha. How to trust the claim if the sticker itself is easily peeled off. Everything looks cheap on this so called proton premium model, i bet it will end up the same fate as the almost forgotten Jaguh.

more power? not just bodykit only? although proton never tune the engines for their r3 cars, the bodykits already make the cars more slippery through the air. The leather recaro seats hug on to the driver’s body, enabling high speed cornering/accident-ing. Add on R3 spoiler…really can fly….bye bye golf gti…welcome Suprima S R3

I wont wait for the Suprima S r3 – its all about shout but no substance….pls market proton in UK and see what the motoring expert or journalist there say about our cars…sorry to be blunt about proton but i love Malaysia

the engine here is the prince engine, co developed by BMW and peugeuot citroen. had been rewarded as engine of the year for consecutive dont know how many years until last year beaten by the Ford Ecoboost engine.

how can campro compare to it?
even campro turbo can be tuned to produce such output, how much the fuel consumption you think ?now already 9.1L/100km. not to mention the CO2 emission, and campro can withstand that stress for years or not?
what happen if all preve and suprima buyer come back and claimed the engine within the 5 year warranty period?proton bankrupt then.
thats why VW dare to put until 220hp 350nm, coz they are confident with their technology.
proton tepuk dada, tanya selera. they at least know how good they are.

Q2, it’s normal cars have bigger front and rear as when you brake, the weight of the car is transferred to the front and therefore you get more grip at the front = brake works better at the front = bigger brake in front.

Q1 you have to ask someone who owns this car. Turbo should kick in constantly at low rpm range (~2k) in any gears.

Although I don’t really know the first question,I did manage to find out about your second question. The front needs bigger brakes because when stopping,the vehicle shifts forward,so the front brakes carry the majority of the braking load,so the bigger the better. Btw,Im feeling an excitement coming on! =D This will surely be a hit!

Q1: Turbo Kicks/Spool in base on RPM, not gear!! Which RPM subjective base on manufacturer, Tune, turbo size or simple to find out is get the Turbo car to a Dyno test to find out the exact RPM Turbo Kicks/Spool in.

Q2: All car is Front Disc brake size bias/bigger over the rear is to avoid oversteer or simple to say tail happy. For better control of car in braking and etc

This car in Australia it’s actually cheaper then a 5 door luxury version.
The price are near in here and aus for a 5 door hatch price.
1.6 vti 4 speed selling at 27K Australia dollar and the premium version are 29K aus witch its include moon roof.so the gti price will be near 29K.
But event Taiwan are also selling similar price at rm 83500 if convert into Malaysia ringgit.for the 5 door vti version.
The gti version Taiwan price are selling rm 119K.
And three door price 79.8K.

prio the launch of this car, the most valuable car for the money is 308 turbo, but now change soon.
200hp 275nm.
for people who dont know how much is that,just think those NA 2.4 car (camry, accord,mazda 6)only around 180hp and 230nm, now you even have extra power in a lighter body.

Golf GTi at 210hp and 280nm(not the recent generation) already damn powerful,eventhough heavier.(those who drive golf GTI know what i mean)
this little peugeot will make you the king on the road, until u meet the new Golf GTI, or Focus st or megane RS.
no worry,there are so few around.
only at 128k! those who wanna buy, must act fast. coz the price might rise after that,like last time polo GTI from 136k to 170k.
even with poor service and no resale value,still worth to buy.
hah, i am driving peugeot too.

Really envy with new models keep progressing day by day, half of me telling to keep updating with these new kings but the other half telling me to keep enjoying my childhood dreams car which i have now. Dilemma..

Before you get initimate with the peugeot car, do wary about the infamous depollution system fault which plague this prince engine like some cheap hooker in chow kit.

Getting AIDS is so much easier than asking Sam Loo to buy and own peugeot.

I am not saying this car is not value buy, it have it’s merit. But unless they fix the stupid error fault which pug engineer still scratching their butt, your king of the hot hatch happiness may be a frustrated experience. You will more likely being label “King of Car in Workshop” (same goes to poor dsg vw fans).

thing is, this is a matter that many owners of direct injection cars face. so, it is not just peugeot. yet owners of other brands that face this issue are less vocal but the issue is still there. but if you want to be safe, then go ahead with the traditional asian brands.

In order to compete(performance wise) they will have to come up with at least a Suprima with 210hp and 300Nm. How much? SatriaNeo Lotus edition is RM115K already. Proton will have to build it themselves instead of letting some third party manufacturer outfit like R3 build it. Factory stock race day weekends, anyone?

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